diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3b65ced..32a3343 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 - Added/reactivated documentation as `sqlalchemy-cratedb`
+- Unlocking supporting timezone-aware `DateTime` fields
 
 ## 2024/06/13 0.37.0
 - Added support for CrateDB's [FLOAT_VECTOR] data type and its accompanying
diff --git a/src/sqlalchemy_cratedb/dialect.py b/src/sqlalchemy_cratedb/dialect.py
index 43af2fc..8c6fe23 100644
--- a/src/sqlalchemy_cratedb/dialect.py
+++ b/src/sqlalchemy_cratedb/dialect.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     CrateTypeCompiler,
     CrateDDLCompiler
 )
-from crate.client.exceptions import TimezoneUnawareException
 from .sa_version import SA_VERSION, SA_1_4, SA_2_0
 from .type import FloatVector, ObjectArray, ObjectType
 
@@ -113,14 +112,10 @@ def process(value):
 
 class DateTime(sqltypes.DateTime):
 
-    TZ_ERROR_MSG = "Timezone aware datetime objects are not supported"
-
     def bind_processor(self, dialect):
         def process(value):
             if value is not None:
                 assert isinstance(value, datetime)
-                if value.tzinfo is not None:
-                    raise TimezoneUnawareException(DateTime.TZ_ERROR_MSG)
                 return value.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')
             return value
         return process
diff --git a/tests/datetime_test.py b/tests/datetime_test.py
index 53c30fc..51d89ad 100644
--- a/tests/datetime_test.py
+++ b/tests/datetime_test.py
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from datetime import datetime, tzinfo, timedelta
+import datetime as dt
 from unittest import TestCase, skipIf
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
+import pytest
 import sqlalchemy as sa
-from sqlalchemy.exc import DBAPIError
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, sessionmaker
 
 from sqlalchemy_cratedb import SA_VERSION, SA_1_4
 
@@ -87,9 +88,82 @@ def test_date_can_handle_datetime(self):
         ]
         self.session.query(self.Character).first()
 
-    def test_date_cannot_handle_tz_aware_datetime(self):
+    def test_date_can_handle_tz_aware_datetime(self):
         character = self.Character()
         character.name = "Athur"
         character.timestamp = datetime(2009, 5, 13, 19, 19, 30, tzinfo=CST())
         self.session.add(character)
-        self.assertRaises(DBAPIError, self.session.commit)
+
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+
+class FooBar(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "foobar"
+    name = sa.Column(sa.String, primary_key=True)
+    date = sa.Column(sa.Date)
+    datetime = sa.Column(sa.DateTime)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def session(cratedb_service):
+    engine = cratedb_service.database.engine
+    session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)()
+
+    Base.metadata.drop_all(engine, checkfirst=True)
+    Base.metadata.create_all(engine, checkfirst=True)
+    return session
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip("Test case not supported on SQLAlchemy 1.3")
+def test_datetime_notz(session):
+    """
+    An integration test for `sa.Date` and `sa.DateTime`, not using timezones.
+    """
+
+    # Insert record.
+    foo_item = FooBar(
+        name="foo",
+        date=dt.date(2009, 5, 13),
+        datetime=dt.datetime(2009, 5, 13, 19, 19, 30),
+    )
+    session.add(foo_item)
+    session.commit()
+    session.execute(sa.text("REFRESH TABLE foobar"))
+
+    # Query record.
+    result = session.execute(sa.select(FooBar.name, FooBar.date, FooBar.datetime)).mappings().first()
+
+    # Compare outcome.
+    assert result["date"].year == 2009
+    assert result["datetime"].year == 2009
+    assert result["datetime"].tzname() is None
+    assert result["datetime"].timetz() == dt.time(19, 19, 30)
+    assert result["datetime"].tzinfo is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip("Test case not supported on SQLAlchemy 1.3")
+def test_datetime_tz(session):
+    """
+    An integration test for `sa.Date` and `sa.DateTime`, now using timezones.
+    """
+
+    # Insert record.
+    foo_item = FooBar(
+        name="foo",
+        date=dt.date(2009, 5, 13),
+        datetime=dt.datetime(2009, 5, 13, 19, 19, 30, tzinfo=CST()),
+    )
+    session.add(foo_item)
+    session.commit()
+    session.execute(sa.text("REFRESH TABLE foobar"))
+
+    # Query record.
+    result = session.execute(sa.select(FooBar.name, FooBar.date, FooBar.datetime)).mappings().first()
+
+    # Compare outcome.
+    assert result["date"].year == 2009
+    assert result["datetime"].year == 2009
+    assert result["datetime"].tzname() is None
+    assert result["datetime"].timetz() == dt.time(19, 19, 30)
+    assert result["datetime"].tzinfo is None